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Anacostia Community Museum
Courtesy of the Anacostia Community Museum

Hours:

  • 10 to 5
    Closed December 25

Location:

  • 1901 Fort Place, SE
    Washington, DC

Phone/Website:

Metro:

Green Line
  • Anacostia Metro Station
    (Green line) Transfer to W2 or W3 bus; Free parking available; free weekend shuttle bus

Flights of Fancy
Leslie Payne's flying machines soared, if only in his imagination
By Owen Edwards Smithsonian magazine, June 2007


“Word, Shout, Song” Opens at the Anacostia Community Museum
In 1930, Lorenzo Dow Turner, an English professor-turned linguist, began studying a language spoken by former slaves along the east coast of South Carolina.
By Jess Righthand Around the Mall Blog, August 9, 2010